Sentence examples for archon from inspiring English sources

The creator of the visible realm and of the earthly of the biblical Garden of Eden is a lesser being, a ruler (archon) named Ialdabaoth, who is a dark caricature of the creator God of Genesis and the demiurge of Platonism.

Various public buildings and shrines were erected around the borders of the square, including the Basileios (Royal) Stoa, where the archon Basileus, one of the chief magistrates of the city, had his headquarters; the Old Bouleuterion (or Council House); and a large enclosure (100 square feet) that probably housed the Heliaia, the largest of the popular lawcourts.

Christianity started early in Athens, with the visit of the Apostle Paul in ad 51 and the conversion of Dionysius the Areopagite, a former archon and member of the Court of the Areopagus that had heard Paul's defense of his teachings.

When Solon was elected archon, or chief magistrate, c. 594 bce, his main objective was to free the land and destroy the horoi.

In 493 he was elected archon, the chief judicial and civilian executive officer in Athens; this is the first recorded event of his life.

The fragment of an archon list found in the excavation of the Athenian Agora has shown that Cleisthenes was chief archon in 525 524.

It's hard to foresee who will ultimately choose the future patriarch, says the Rolex-wearing bishop of Plovdiv Nikolay – "whether it will be bishop agents, the newly rich archons, the politicians, the ordinary Orthodox community or the Holy Spirit".

There were nine archons and a secretary.

The years are reckoned backward from the archonship of Diognetus and further specified by the reigns of kings or the archons of Athens.

Murder cases were argued before the Areopagus, a body composed of former archons.

It is true that sometimes the chorēgoi, or rich men appointed by one of the archons to finance a particular play, were themselves politicians and that this is reflected in the plays produced.